Metal building corner



July 22, 1924'. 1,501,985

E. EVANS METAL BUILDING CORNER 'Filed April 24. 1923 Patented July 22,1924..

UNlTiED STATE Even Evans, or Los enemas, amr ame.

BUILDING CORNER.

App icat on fil d Apr l 2 23- S rial N0- .5

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that 1, Even Evans, a sub ject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles andStateof, California, have invented a new and useful -Metal BuildingCorner, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metal building corners which are used inbuilding construe tion where two walls join to eliminate the necessityof making accurate miter joints thereat, and relates'particularly o amproved form of ins de building corner- In the construction of framebuild ngs siding is extensively employed for outer wall surfacing. Informing wall corners miter joints and metal building corners areemployed. These metal building corners are intended to overcome thedisadvantages encountered in the use of miter joints and to reduce thelabor expense of weatherproofing the corners formed between the sidingmembers forming adjacent walls. Outside building corners are nowextensively used, but an objection to inside metal building corners hasbeen found in the small opening which exists between the adjacent endsof the flanges which extend under the lower overlapping edges of thesiding members.

It is an object of the invention to provide a building corner whichincludes a formation for closing the opening in the adjacent buildingcorner when a number of the building corners are placed in successivearrangement.

It is a further object to provide a building corner which may be verycheaply manufactured.

My invention consists of a member which is bent to form angularlyextending leaves having rearwardly extending flanges formed at the loweredges thereof which leave a notch therebetween similar to that of theother type of inside building corners. The particular feature of myinvention resides in a hump formation formed at the upper side of themember, this hump corre' sponding in size and shape to the notch betweenthe fianges. The hump on one of the building corners fills the notch inthe adj acent building corner when they are properly placed in formingan inside corner.

Additional advantages of the invention, and further objects thereof willbe made evident hereinafter.

Referring to the drawing, which is for illustrative purposes only Fig. 1is a perspective view of a building corner which embodies the featuresof my invention. j

Fig. 2.is a plan viewv of 1 slightly reduced in scale.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the-plane represented by the line 33 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a View showing the utility of my invention. i

Fig. 5 is a section taken on a plane rep: resented by theline 5-5 ofFig. 4'.

As shown in Figs, 1, 2 and 3, my invention provides a corner member 11.comprised of a metal sheet bent to form angularly ex tending leaves 12.At the lower edges of the leaves 12 are formed'rearwardly extendingflanges 14 which have therebetween a notch 15, the flanges being formedto suit the contour of the siding with which the corner members are tobe used. At the upper portion of the member 11 and between the leaves 12is formed a humped filler portion 17 which corresponds in shape to thenotch 15 and is adapted to fill the notch in the successive cornermember 11 when in place in a corner of a building.

In Figs. f and 5, my invention is shown applied to an inside corner, inwhich figures the row of lap siding members 20 are nailed to the studs21, the ends thereof extending to a position near to the point .7 wherethe two walls meet. After the placing of the sidings 20 a corner member11 of my invention is placed, as shown at 22, being nailed in place. Thenext row of siding 23 is then placed as shown, catching the upperportion of the member 22 beneath the lower lip thereof, as shown at- 24.Another building corner 11 is then placed as shown at26 and thesuccessive rows of siding and corner members are installed in a likemanner.

From the illustration shown in Fig. 4;, it will be seen that the humpedportion, being of a proper form and size, will completely fill the notch15 left between the flanges 14 of the successive members, thereby givingmy invention a decided advantage over the present types of buildingcorners inasmuch as the building corner of my invention provides asubstantially air tight seal, because of the hump formation provided,whereas in the other types the notch therein is left open.

It will be readily seen that the building corner hereinbefore describedcan be manufactured very cheaply, one stamping operation only beingnecessary to produce the finished article.

I claim as my invention:

1. A building corner having rearwardly bent flanges separated by a notchand adapted to fit the contour of the siding members with which they areemployed, and a filler portion oppositely disposed from said flanges andarranged to fill the notch eX- isting between the inner ends of saidflanges of a successive building corner.

2. An inner building corner having rear- Wardly bent flanges separatedby a notch and adapted to fit the contour of the sid ing members withwhich they are employed, and a forwardly bent filler portion disposed atthe upper corner of said buildingcorner and arranged to fill the notchexisting between the inner ends of said flanges of a successively placedbuilding corner.'

3. A building corner having rearwardly bent flanges separated by anotch, and a filler portion oppositely disposed from said flanges andarranged to fill the notch existing between the inner ends of saidflanges of a successive building corner.

4. An inner building corner having rear Wardly bent flanges separated bya notch, and a forwardly bent filler portion disposed at the uppercorner of said building corner and arranged to fill the notch existingbetween the inner ends of said flanges 01" a successively placedbuilding corner.

5. A building corner comprising a sheet of material bent to formangularly extending leaves, rearwardly bent flanges formed at the loweredges of said leaves, there being a notch formed between the inner endsof said flanges, and forwardly projected hump, of a shape correspondingto said notch, formed between the upper portion of said leaves, forfillin the notchof a successively arranged building corner.

In testimony whereofil have hereunto set my hand at LesAngeles,'Galifornia, this 18th day of'April, 1923.

EVAN EVANS.

